Tenting on the Plains; Or General Custer in Kansas and Texas
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1889. Second edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [6], vii-xiii, [3], 702, [4] pp. Original green cloth with gold lettering and the shoulder strap decoration on the spine, decorations in red, gold, and blue on the front board. Illustrated by a frontispiece of General George A. Custer, two full-page maps, and several in-text and full-page illustrations. Eberstadt 105:101; 122:86. Luther High Spot #5. Rader 1009. First published in 1887, this is the "shoulder strap" edition of the second book in Elizabeth Custer's autobiographical trilogy. Elizabeth Custer conceived and wrote her trilogy to defend her husband's reputation after his military campaign ended disastrously for the U.S. Army. A beautiful example of a shoulder strap volume that is difficult to find. Near Fine. Item #000013511
A touch of rubbing to the corners, the front hinge very neatly repaired.
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